Re: TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

[Ruth Weiner <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

     i am responding on RADSAFE because this information miught be of use 
     to everyone.  We keep a database called Radioactive Materials Incident 
     Report (RMIR).  It is accessible via the we at 
     http://sandia.gov/Radtran/ or through the DOE NTP home page 
     http://www.ntp.doe.gov or, all esle failing, call Jim McClure at 
     505-845-8753.  Here are some recent data:from RMIR
     
     from 1971 to 1996, 2379 Type A packages were involved in 
     transportation accidents, and 219 (9%) of these released some 
     contents.  In the same period, 90 Type B packages were in accidents 
     and none released any contents.
     
     Ruth Weiner
     rfweine@sandia.gov


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Subject: TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
Author:  alphaone@webbworks.com at hubsmtp
Date:    8/31/98 5:22 PM


Dear Radsafers:
     
Can anyone provide me with citations, a location where I can get citations, or 
even actual information for transportation accidents wherein 
approved/specification shipping containers were breached?
     
Thank you,
     
Bill Borden
     
     
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